A new wave of activism against student debt is on the move again this week. The students taking the lead represent the advance guard of an even more massive army which is mobilizing around the idea that higher education should be an investment we make as a society. And that new movement is warning that the $1.3 trillion in student debt is not only burdening debtors, it is also a serious drag on our struggling economic system.
Last November, demonstrations erupted on over 125 campuses, as the “Million Student March” surprised the news media with an impressive, nationwide show of force. Today’s young people are refusing to accept a status quo that loads them up with student loans in order to pay soaring college tuition co…
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